Title Early U.S. Navy carrier raids, February-April 1942 : five operations that tested a new dimension of American air power / David Lee Russell

Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 197 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents War begins in the Pacific -- Marshall and Gilbert Islands -- Rabaul -- Wake and Marcus Islands -- Lae and Salamaua -- Tokyo -- Aftermath -- Appendix A: Marshall and Gilbert Islands Raid, U.S. Navy Task Forces 8 and 17, February 1, 1942 -- Appendix B: Rabaul Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 11, February 20, 1942 -- Appendix C: Wake and Marcus Island Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 16, February 24, 1942 -- Appendix D: Lae-Salamaua Raid, Allied Task Force 11 (TF 11, TF 17 and ANZAC Squadron), March 10, 1942 -- Appendix E: Tokyo Raid, U.S. Navy Task Force 16, April 18, 1942 Summary "After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America's fast carrier task forces, with their aircraft squadrons and powerful support warships, went on the offensive. Under orders from the Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, the newly appointed Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, took the fight to the Japanese, using island raids to slow their advance in the Pacific. Beginning in February 1942, a series of task force raids led by the carriers USS Enterprise, USS Yorktown, USS Lexington and USS Hornet were launched, beginning in the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands. An attempted raid on Rabaul was followed by successful attacks on Wake Island and Marcus Island. The Lae-Salamaua Raid countered Japanese invasions on New Guinea. The most dramatic was the unorthodox Tokyo (Doolittle) Raid, where 16 carrier-launched B-25 medium bombers demonstrated that the Japanese mainland was open to U.S. air attacks. The raids had a limited effect on halting the Japanese advance but kept the enemy away from Hawaii, the U.S. West coast and the Panama Canal, and kept open lines of communications to Australia."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-186) and index Notes Description based on print version record Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area Aircraft carriers -- United States -- History -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. Air power -- Case studies Raids (Military science) -- Case studies Air power Aircraft carriers Military campaigns Military operations, Aerial -- American Military operations, Naval -- American Raids (Military science) Pacific Area United States Genre/Form Case studies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781476636696 1476636699 9781476638614 1476638616

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